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No, the Rise of Skywalker novelization does not confirm that Jannah is Lando's daughter. While it expands on Lando's motivation to help kidnapped children find their families, it stops short of identifying Jannah as his child. In fact, Lando's internal monologue in the book ('Heck, maybe he'd find his daughter. Probably not; he knew the odds') suggests he does not believe Jannah is his daughter, or at least is unaware of it. The confirmation that Lando had a daughter kidnapped by the First Order comes from The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, not the novelization itself.
No, the novelization for The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson does not confirm that Jannah is Lando Calrissian's daughter.
The novelization maintains the same level of ambiguity present in the film's final scene between the two characters.
Specific Detail:
Lando's interaction with Jannah is presented as an offer to help her discover her background and find the family she never knew, given that she was stolen by the First Order as a child (FN-2248).
In the novelization, Lando approaches Jannah after the battle and asks her:
"I’m going to help you find yours. Your family. Because you’ve got to be somebody’s daughter."
This line is nearly identical to the film and purposefully leaves the answer open. Lando is either offering to help her find her biological parents (who could be anyone) or subtly offering himself as her parent while gauging her reaction, without definitively stating, "I am your father." The novelization avoids providing Lando's internal thoughts to clarify which interpretation is true, thus avoiding confirmation.
The summary claims the book avoids internal thoughts, but the book actually includes a key internal monologue ('Heck, maybe he'd find his daughter') that strongly implies Lando does *not* know Jannah is his daughter.
The summary misses that the *Visual Dictionary* is the source that confirmed Lando had a kidnapped daughter, which is the origin of the fan theory.